Devonian geodynamic evolution the Variscan Belt, insights from the French Massif Central and Massif Armoricain

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Faure, Michel ^a   Mézème, Eugène Bé ^a,b   Cocherie, Alain ^b   Rossi, Philippe ^b   Chemenda, Alexander ^c   Boutelier, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; COLLISION ZONE; DEVONIAN; EXHUMATION; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; P-T-T PATH; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ARMORICAN MASSIF; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50949084811     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002115     Document Type: Article

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